Nursing bedside clinical handover - an integrated review of issues and tools

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 662-671

  Anderson, Judith ^a   Malone, Linda ^b   Shanahan, Kerry ^c   Manning, Jennifer ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Western NSW LHD   (Australia)

^c Shellharbour and Kiama Hospitals   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditing; Clinical handover; Communication tool; Nursing, confidentiality; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL HANDOVER; HUMAN; NURSING PRACTICE;

HUMANS; PATIENT HANDOFF; PRACTICE PATTERNS, NURSES';

EID: 84923270957     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12706     Document Type: Review

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